Bret

April 18, 2024

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Location:

Milton,GA,USA

Member Since:

Jul 27, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PR's -

Mile - 4:38 (High School)

2 Mile - 10:12 (High School)

3 mile - 15:51 (High School)

10k - 35:19 (High School)

Marathon - 2:59 marathon (London -2013)

Half marathon - 1:25:18 (Deseret News 2013)

Completed all 6 of the World Marathon Majors 2024

Completed each of the 5 majors (NY, Chicago, Boston, London & Berlin) at least twice.

8 x Boston Marathon (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2020 (virtual due to covid) 2021, 2022)

13 x NYC Marathon (1997, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Sub 3 hour marathon~~

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue to enjoy running and racing as long as my body permits me.

Personal:

Old guy - (grandfather even) been running for 40+ years.

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Miles:	This week:	21.00	Month:	87.50	Year:	480.55

Mon, Jul 30, 2018

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	8.00

PM - lunchtime - treadmill workout. 12 x 400 at 5:50 pace with a 400 rest at 8:40 pace. Warm up and cool down. Felt like a solid effort.

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 13:36:02 from 67.177.28.4

That's what I should do. Signed up for a road mile in couple weeks.

From Bret on Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 14:07:50 from 216.234.133.229

My inspiration came from this tweet from Steve Magness. https://www.scienceofrunning.com/2015/04/the-myth-of-losing-speed.html?v=7516fd43adaa

I know you know this - but every now and then it is good to be reminded.

You cannot run fast if you do not train fast. The loss of speed is not so much doing too much endurance work, as it is NOT doing speed work. And...muscle loss with age is caused by disuse instead of the aging process. If you don't use it you lose it.

A road mile sounds like fun. Hopefully it is that downhill Peruvian thing!

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